Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Conference

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Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Conference (HCBC) (in Hungarian: Magyar Katolikus Püspöki Konferencia) is the Episcopal Conference of Catholic bishops of Hungary.

The Bishops' Conference[]

After the Second Vatican Council the Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Conference was created. Its first chairman was Archbishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét Endre Hamvash.[1] On May 5, 2001, the Holy See approved the Charter of the Conference of the Catholic Bishops of Hungary.[2] Currently, it is headed by Bishop András Veres.

The Hungarian Conference of Catholic Bishops is a full member of the Council of Conferences of Catholic Bishops of Europe and the Council of Conferences of Catholic Bishops of the European Union.

It consists of 20 integrants: 14 bishops, heads of 14 archdioceses and dioceses of Hungary (including three bishops of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church), 4 auxiliary bishops, the abbot of the territorial abbey of Pannonhalma and the head of the military ordinate of Hungary.[3]

List of presidents[]

Officials[]

  • President: Dr. , Bishop of Győr
  • Vice President: Dr. György Udvardy, Bishop of Pécs
  • Secretary, Spokesperson:
  • Bureau Director:

The secretariat address: 45 Városligeti fasor, Budapest, H-1071 HUNGARY

Members[]

Diocesan bishops[]

Auxiliary bishops[]

  • Dr. , Titular Bishop of Centuria, Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest (in charge of the pastoral care of Hungarians living abroad, lives in Munich.) (2007 - )
  • György Snell, Titular Bishop of Pudentiana, Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, vicar general (2014 - )
  • Dr. , Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria, Auxiliary Bishop of Vác, vicar general (2006 - )

Retired Bishops (who are not members of the conference)[]

  • , Bishop Emeritus of Szeged-Csanád (1987 - 2006)
  • Dr. Szilárd Keresztes, Bishop Emeritus of Hajdúdorog (1975 - 1988 Auxiliary Bishop of Hajdúdorog, 1988 - 2007 Bishop of Hajdúdorog, 1988 - 2008 Apostolic Governor of Miskolc)
  • Dr. , Titular Bishop of Risinium, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Esztergom-Budapest (1994 - 2001 Military Ordinary, Bishop, 2001 - 2010 Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest)
  • , Bishop Emeritus of Pécs (1988 - 1989 Auxiliary Bishop of Pécs, 1989 - 2011 Bishop of Pécs)
  • Dr. , Titular Bishop of Brixellum, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Eger, vicar general, high-provost (1997 - 2013; 1989 - 1997 Auxiliary Bishop of Vác)
  • , Bishop Emeritus of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza (1993 - 2015)
  • Dr. , Bishop Emeritus of Győr (1991 - 2016)
  • Dr. Asztrik Várszegi O.S.B., Archabbot Emeritus of Pannonhalma territorial abbey, Titular Bishop of Culus (1991 - ; 1988 - 1991 Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom)
  • , Bishop Emeritus of Kaposvár (1993 - ; 1992 - 1993 Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém)

The Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Permanent Council members[]

  • Dr. , Bishop of Győr, President of the HCBC
  • Dr. György Udvardy Bishop of Pécs, Vice President
  • Dr. Péter Erdő, Cardinal, Primate of Hungary, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, President emeritus of the HCBC, President of the CCEE
  • Dr. Archbishop of Eger

See also[]

  • Roman Catholicism in Hungary

References[]

  1. ^ Hungarian Episcopal Conference на сайте gcatholic.org
  2. ^ Annuario Pontificio, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano, 2003, стр. 1017, ISBN 88-209-7422-3
  3. ^ "Official site of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Hungary".

External links[]

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